Sanctuary and Church by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 29, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 17.

Sanctuary and Church

By Editor

No. 543. Sanctuary and Church.

Is the "sanctuary" ever referred to in the Bible as a church house?

The word "sanctuary" is applied in almost every instance of its use in the Scriptures to either the tabernacle built by Moses in the wilderness, the temple built by Solomon, or the heavenly temple of which these were types. The word means a hallowed thing or place, a dwelling-place of God. The original word in Amos 7:13 is translated "chapel." The word could properly be used of a church truly dedicated to God, a place where God dwells. It could be used of the Christian's body, the temple of God. But the Biblical use of the term is almost universally as given above.